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Coto, Thomás de, O. P. (¿1604 o 1607?-¿1656?)
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No son muchos los datos que conservamos sobre el franciscano Fray Thomás de Coto. Debió nacer en Guatemala entre 1604 y 1607 y, tras sus estudios de Teología en el convento de San Francisco de Antigua Guatemala, fue ordenado sacerdote y enviado a Gueyteopan y a Momostenango. En 1643 parte para España con el encargo de aprobar en Capítulo General las decisiones o constituciones “de concordia” que se habían acordado entre criollos y gachupines, así como con el mandato de que trajera a su regreso religiosos para continuar con la labor misionera. Regresa a Guatemala en 1646 y, tras apartarlo de sus principales cargos por un litigio con una de las parroquias franciscanas, lo destinan a San Cristóbal de Totonicapán en 1654, en donde debió morir en torno a 1656.
Coto es autor de un Vocabulario de la Lengua Cakchiquel v[el] guatemalteca, nueuamente hecho y recopilado con summo estudio, trauajo y erudición que quedó interrumpido en la letra “v”, donde “se contienen todos los modos y frases elegantes con que los Naturales […] hablan” (flo. 1r). Contrariamente a lo que ha venido ocurriendo con estos repertorios, este ha recibido la atención de diversos especialistas, que han reconstruido su contexto, han descrito la labor de su autor y han analizado con gran detalle el contenido lingüístico de su obra.
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- Vocabulario de la Lengua Cakchiquel v[el] guatemalteca, nueuamente hecho y recopilado con summo estudio, trauajo y erudición, ms., Guatemala, ca. 1650
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- Coto, Thomás de, [Thesavrvs Verborum] Vocabvlario de la lengua Cakchiquel v[el] Guatmalteca, nueuamente hecho y recopilado con summo estudio, trauajo y erudición, edición, introducción, notas, apéndices e índices de René Acuña, Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, 1656 [1983].
- García Aranda, M.ª Ángeles, Las gramáticas y los vocabularios de las lenguas indígenas: el cachiquel (siglos XVI y XVII), Axac, Lugo, 2013.
- Vázquez, Fray Francisco, Crónica de la Provincia del Santísimo Nombre de Jesús de Guatemala, prólogo, notas e índices de fray Lázaro Lamadrid, Tipografía Nacional, Guatemala, 1937-1944.
M.ª Ángeles García Aranda
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